ix, 403 pages ; 24 cm

This book provides a chronologically organised summary of Nietzsche's published works, and an overview of their basic themes and concerns. A group of essays explore the nature of his philosophy and its relation to the modern and post-modern world

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-397) and index

Introduction to the Cambridge companion to Nietzsche / Bernd Magnus and Kathleen M. Higgins -- Part I. Introduction to Nietzsche's works. Nietzsche's works and their themes / Bernd Magnus and Kathleen M. Higgins -- Part II. The use and abuse of Nietzsche's life and works. The hero as outsider / R.J. Hollingdale -- Nietzsche and the Judaeo-Christian tradition / Jörg Salaquarda -- Nietzsche's political misappropriation / Tracy B. Strong -- Part III. Nietzsche as philosopher. Nietzsche's kind of philosophy / Richard Schacht -- Nietzsche ad hominem : perspectivism, personality, and ressentiment revisited / Robert C. Solomon -- Nietzsche, modernity, aestheticism / Alexander Nehamas -- Nietzsche's alleged farewell : the premodern, modern, and postmodern Nietzsche / Robert B. Pippin -- Part IV. Nietzsche's influence. Nietzsche in the twentieth century / Ernst Behler -- Nietzsche's French legacy / Alan D. Schrift -- Nietzsche and East Asian thought : influences, impacts, and resonances / Graham Parkes

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